Pantomime and Improv
A spontaneous style of theatre using unrehearsed and unscripted acting scenes
What is Improvisation?
The main character around whom most of the work revolves around
What is the Protagonist?
The dances designed for a production
What is Choreography?
A person who can act, dance and sing well
What is a Triple Threat?
Middle of the stage
What is Center Stage?
The use of mime techniques (acting without words) to tell a story
What is pantomime?
The person who the protagonist is against; the villain
What is the Antagonist?
A large-scale musical number involving many performers in lavish costumes, frequently a dance number
What is a Production Number?
A form of musical theatre where the story is told through only dance
What is a Ballet?
The actor's left while they are onstage facing the audience
To ad-lib, or invent dialogue without a script or rehearsal
What is to Improvise?
The basic idea or purpose of the play; ties together all the characters and events; the moral of the story
What is the Theme?
A form of musical theatre in which the story's dialogue is sung
What is an Opera?
Someone who organizes a performer's career
What is a Manager?
1. The area closest to the audience 2. The area farthest from the audience
1. What is downstage? 2. What is upstage?
French mime who is known as one of the greatest mimes of all time
Who is Marcel Marceau?
The turning point in the action of a play; the big moment
What is the Climax?
Highlight's of the show's songs, played at the beginning of the show
What is an Overture?
A form of Musical Theatre in which the emphasis is on real people in real situations
What is a Musical Play?
Body position that is fully facing stage right
What is Profile Right?
The silent art of using body movements to create an illusion of reality
What is mime?
Detailed information revealing the facts of the plot; the intro information
What is the Exposition?
A production consisting of a series of independent song and dance scenes
What is a Musical Revue?
The person in charge of all things backstage is called the
What is a Stage Manager?
Body position that is fully facing the audience
What is Full Front?